Iron County register., 1887-06-30

cried; and whens twenty voices replied:
"Into the alley" he commanded the
soldiers to fire that way. For two
minutes rattling and useless fusilade
was kept up-useless, except that three
or four persons were wounded, whose
first knowledge of the trouble came
from the bullets that struck them. To
the CONSERVATION and rage of the Off
GERS it was clear that the prisoner was
out of sight
The whole affair had occurred so
suddenly and unexpectedly, as well as
so quickly, that even those who saw
every motion that was made, including
Louis Hunter and his uncle, had
some difficulty in describing it accu-
rately. 1t seemed tolerably clear, how
ever, that, as the prisoner came near
to the alley, he had suddenly tripped
up one of his guards, knocked down
the other, felled the Captain with one
of the muskets and sprung into tho
alley.
All was uproar and confusion. The
crowd continued to pour into the street,
and rumors of what had happened ran
like wild-fire back to the Paseo, which
the troops were leaving. The whole
force was at once broken up into
squads and sent forth to scour the city;
drums resounded, half the garrison
was turned out under arms; and soon
the loud boom of a gun from the RAM
parts of the Moro told Havana and all
the country round that a pris soner had
escaped The alley and every house
in it were thoroughly searched; but no
discovery was made. 1t was expected
by some of the officers that the re-
capture would be easy, since the fugi-
tive had been plainly seen by thou
sands, and being bareheaded and
dressed in white, any attempt to Sc
cure other clothing would certainly be-
tray him. But at dark of that day he
mad not been found, nor had any thing
tangible been heard of him.
When at last the two Americans
whom we have seen at the Paseo were
able to disentangle themselves from the
crowd, they began to make their way
down to the quay. Their progress was
slow Squads of soldiers patrolled
every street, and they were often
halted and commanded to give an ac-
count of themselves. On these occa-
sions Louis Hunter would stand care
lessly by with his hands in his pockets.
while the sailor, who had been pre-
pared by the latter events of the day
to act and talk temperately, would
pull some folded papers from his breast
pocket, and declared:
1--WE are both Americans, but per-
fectly peaceable. We belong to the
bark Nellie Willis in the harbor.
I am her Captain, Aaron Willis; this is
my nephew, Louis Hunter, who sails
with me. Here are my manifest and
clearance; we're most ready to sail--only
waiting to ship more hands. We've
| been to the Paseo to see the execution. .
This full explanation, with glance
at the papers, and sometimes ques
ton or two, sufliced to pass the two
along; and when the Captains Span
ish was not understood, Louis wa:
called upon to explain. AS they
neared the water the crowd became
thinner, and they were able to walk more
rapidly, and converse as they walked
'sBy all odds, the most daring thing
ever saw in my life," the Captain de
clared.
"a man couldn't try it once out o
ten thousand times, and escape bull
let," said the other.
Just so; and that's what makes th
thing so wonderful. Don't you thinl
sop
II think it was fool-luck," sai'
Louis.
The Captain eyed him savagely
Anger and disgust by turns ruled hi
face.
Il tell you what, Louis" he said, a
he smote his open palm with his fist
1.-The time is coming pretty fast whe1
the cabin of the .'Nellie Willis won
be big enough to hold you and me
You've angered me more this after
noon than / want to be angered in
whole month. Are you all selfishness
from head to heels? Did you ever sa
a generous thing, or admire anothe
mans words or acts, in your life
say?"
80 bother, uncle-you tire me wit
your sentiment.
.Verv well, sir-I won't tire yo
much longer. Your knowledge c
Spanish has been of service to me, i
getting my cargo and doing my bus
!, ness here; but can't put up with you
ways and manners. I sha'n't ask 70
+ to make another trip with me-.
, "rm delighted to hear you say so,
!, Louis replied, in his most otfensiv
, tone.
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